Agentbaserade beslutsstöds framtida roll i strategisk stadsplanering.

Sammanfattning: In community planning, accessibility is a recurring concept. The concept has also time and time again proved to have a great impact on how well an area develops. Its important role in community planning has resulted in a large amount of research in the field. The meaning and definition of the term varies markedly depending on the context and there are several different methods and tools for measuring accessibility. This creates a problem for decision makers to be able to take the planning options that will generate the greatest availability. Agent-based decision support systems are a decision support system that is currently receiving a great deal of attention in the literature. Real systems of interest are implemented in a simulation program to be able to support decision-making. The purpose of the study is to examine the decision materials for community planning that are used to increase different perspectives on accessibility and how agent-based modeling could be used. In the study, a categorization has been developed based on different models to measure accessibility based on existing literature. The study is based on a deductive approach and builds on existing literature. Through interviews with regions, municipalities and the Swedish Transport Administration, the current situation for the decision basis for community planning that is used to increase different perspectives on accessibility has been mapped. The interviews and categorization will also look at the future role of agent-based modeling as decision support in planning different perspectives on accessibility. The study shows that there is a need for clearer routines linked to the work with accessibility and an increased use of GIS, this could be obtained from an ABDS tool. Several advantages of ABDS systems have been identified, such as clarifying the concept of accessibility and how it is affected by different alternatives. There are also several future challenges for the use of the system, such as the problem that selected algorithms have a major impact on the results.